PorkRoll@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat's the most absurd thing you've seen someone refuse to do because of toxic masculinity?message-squaremessage-square433fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down142
arrow-up1350arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most absurd thing you've seen someone refuse to do because of toxic masculinity?PorkRoll@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square433fedilink
minus-squareJackGreenEarthlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9 months agoIn the UK a crib is a smaller cot for newborns. And what you call a cot looks like a stretcher with trampoline legs, I haven’t ever seen one of these to hear what Brits call them.
minus-squareAnyOldName3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·9 months agoSo really, it presents as gayer than a regular bed and the whole endeavour was counterproductive.
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoI guess what’s called a ‘crib’ in the UK is what we’d call a ‘bassinet’ in the US?
minus-squareJackGreenEarthlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoYeah. And I don’t think bassinet means anything in English (traditional), just English (simplified), so the comparisons will probably end here.
minus-squareCmdrShepard42linkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoSurely there is a name for it in Brittain since their soldiers probably use something similar.
minus-squareJackGreenEarthlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoProbably, but I’m not/don’t interact often with soldiers, so I don’t know
In the UK a crib is a smaller cot for newborns. And what you call a cot looks like a stretcher with trampoline legs, I haven’t ever seen one of these to hear what Brits call them.
I think that’s called a camp bed.
So really, it presents as gayer than a regular bed and the whole endeavour was counterproductive.
I guess what’s called a ‘crib’ in the UK is what we’d call a ‘bassinet’ in the US?
Yeah. And I don’t think bassinet means anything in English (traditional), just English (simplified), so the comparisons will probably end here.
Surely there is a name for it in Brittain since their soldiers probably use something similar.
Probably, but I’m not/don’t interact often with soldiers, so I don’t know